Lettering pen



March 18 1924. 1,486,973

w. J. LILLY LETTERING PEN Fil ed May 22. 1922 FIG. 4- SECTION A-A INVENTOR @NETEQ WILLIAM J. LILLY, OF TACOIKA, WASHINGTON.

LETTERING PEN.

Application filed May 22, 1922. Serial No. 562,867.

To all whom it may concern: blades in position after the proper adjust- Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. LILLY, a ment is made. citizen of the United States, residing at 1765 No. is the penholder, and 6 is a clip, WVinnemac Ave, in the city of Tacoma, which is shown encircling ferrule 3. Said 45 5 county of Pierce, and State of Washington, clip to be held between the first and second have invented a new and useful Lettering fingers when pen is held in writing posi- Pen, of which the following is a specification.

tion, The pen is of an adjustable type, having My invention relates to improvements in blade 1 secured to holder by means of bent 10 lettering and marking pens. end 1 fitting into recess in penholder, where- Reference is made to the accompanying as blade 2 is connected to slidable ferrule 3 drawing, which forms a part of this speciby means of bent end 2 which is inserted fication and in which like letters indicate in perforation 3 Thus it will be seen that like parts. by withdrawing key 4, which is of a tapering 55 Fig. l is a top view of the pen and pendesign, the pen points may be adjusted by holder, showing relative positions of the sliding ferrule 3 on penholder 5. various parts assembled. Having thus described my invention, what Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the pen and I claim as new and desire to secure by Letpenholder, with upper blade of pen shown ters Patent is as follows: 60 in advanced position for cleaning and ad- 1. A pen of the character described, havjusting. ing a ferrule and an upper blade and a lower Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the pen and blade with upper end of said upper blade penholder assembled and in writing position. bent upward to connect to said ferrule, also Fig. 4 is a section on line H of Fig. 3. having an offset in central portion of said 65 Similar numerals refer to similar parts upper blade, and convex recesses in edges throughout the several views. of said upper blade.

No. 1 is the bottom blade of pen, having at 2. A pen of the character described, havthe lower extremity a curved point cxtending blades one of which is adjustable with ing downward, as shown at 1 and, at the points curved downward in proximity to 70 upper end, a bent portion, 1*, extending each other, a key for securing blades in downward, for attaching blade to penproper position and aholder, having recesses holder. for receiving blades and key, and a perfo- The top blade 2 has a curved point, 2, rated ferrule connected to said adjustable extending downward, and a bent upper end, blade. T

2, extending upward, and is formed with In testimony whereof I have signed my depressions, 2", in the edges of blade and an name to this specification in the presence of offset at 2 two subscribing witnesses.

No. 3 is a cylindrical ferrule, having a per WILLIAM J. LILLY. foration at 3 for receiving the bent end of Witnesses: 4.0 blade 2, as shown at 2*. HENRY H. LOGAN,

No. 4: is a key for firmly securing the GnoRcINA ELLA LOGAN. 

